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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
Volume 27, Issue 3, Pages 117-125Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2004.06.012
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This paper offers an economic framework of human behavior with respect to physical activity and nutrition. Economics offers useful insights into these behaviors because it is the study of how people allocate their scarce resources of time and money to maximize their lifetime happiness. This paper outlines the criteria for policy interventions from an economic perspective and also considers arguments for policy intervention that are not based on economic considerations. The implications of the economic framework are summarized and its limitations are described. (C) 2004 American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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